p. 16 | ANOTHER PIONEER GONE by I. D. Van Horn

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 5, 1901

ANOTHER PIONEER GONE

By I. D. Van Horn

SARAH M. FURGUSON (Swan) was born in Brantford, Mass., June 14, 1829; died in Battle Creek, Mich., Jan. 22, 1901, aged 71 years, 7 months, 8 days. In 1848 she was married to Charles D. Swan. He was killed by the cars in 1872. Two children remain to mourn their loss. Sister Swan was converted at the age of eighteen, under the preaching of the Advent message, and in 1851 accepted the Third Angel’s Message, and began keeping the Sabbath of the Lord. She became a member of the Battle Creek church in 1870. Even under long-continued infirmity, and at times with severe suffering and pain, she was patient and cheerful, being buoyed up with the “blessed hope.” Titus 2:13. She is at rest, waiting for the crown of life and an entrance into the eternal inheritance of the saints. A verse written a few weeks before her death expresses her support and trust.

“I know not the way I am going, But well do I know my Guide; With childlike trust, I give my hand To the mighty Friend at my side.”

I. D. VAN HORN.